1919 — First observance of National Book Week
1928 — Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan
1960 — Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1969 — "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
1971 — U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
1975 — PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses U.N. in NYC
1978 — Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1986 — River Rhine (Germany) polluted by chemical spill
1988 — Orel Hershiser wins NL Cy Young award unanimously
1989 — Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador
1989 — Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall
1989 — Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped
1990 — Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag & Marcel Coudari)